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TechMet

Commercial Investor
Ireland
iSustain score 66Moderate

Critical-minerals investment company taking controlling or significant minority equity positions in mining and processing assets across four continents. DFC proposed up to $50M equity for TechMet's Phalaborwa Rare Earths Project in South Africa, which reprocesses legacy mining gypsum waste to recover rare earth oxides for permanent magnets.

Geographic focus

Sub-Saharan Africa
Southern Africa
Global

Sector appetite

Mining
Critical Minerals
Transition Minerals

Fund size

Raising a $300M equity round for its portfolio (DFC public information summary)

Finance instruments

Equity

Project stages

Development
Construction
Operational

Typical ticket size

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Readiness requirements

Defined critical-mineral resource, path to production or processing, ESG and offtake alignment with Western supply chains.

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Moderate

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